Olympic medallist Yasmin Harper 'pleased' with Aquatics GB International performance at Ponds Forge
Sheffield’s Olympic bronze-medallist Yasmin Harper overcame difficulties coming into the tournament to score over 300 points in the 3m springboard in her own Ponds Forge pool.
It meant the Paris 2024 medallist finished in third behind fellow Team GB diver Amy Rollinson and Canada’s Margo Erlam on day three of the event.
The 25-year-old said: “I’ve had a little more difficulty coming into this competition but to come away with two solid performances, I’m really pleased.”
Her opening dive, a high-scoring forward two-and-a-half somersault twist piked, is her go-to first dive that she knows she can attack and perform well.


And she admitted they venue definitley gave her home advantage. She said: “Here, I'm on a board that I train on every single day, so I know what it feels like, I know what to expect from it so that helps.
"I always notice the support in Sheffield because we have such a great support system behind us.”
Moving forward, she is looking to keep working hard ahead of the World Cup and European championship qualifiers later this year.
City of Sheffield teenagers Robbie Wood and Jordan Fisher-Eames were beaten by Ukraine in a closely fought battle for silver in the men's 10m synchro yesterday afternoon.
They were left fighting for that position after Ben Cutmore and Euan McCabe, the gold-medal-winning pair from Team GB, drew decisively ahead in their third and fourth dives, which both scored over 76.
Wood and Fisher-Eames opened with the highest-scoring first dive of the final and performed best on their middle two dives, which saw them pull ahead of the Ukrainians.
But the podium was decided when Wood and Fisher-Eames scored 44.1 on their fifth dive, a forward three-and-a-half somersaults, which left them too much to do.
Their final dive, gaining them 66.24 points, was their highest scoring, but they finished the competition 14 points down on eventual silver-medallists Danylo Avanesov and Marko Barsukov.
Huddersfield Olympic star Lois Toulson and Sheffield’s Maisie Bond withdrew, leaving the weekend without a women’s 10m synchro competition.